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supercenter

supercenter

3 3.4
A very large store that sells food and many other things under one roof
  • noun
  • /ˈsuːpərˌsɛntər/
  • US
translation icon : supercentro
  • At the supercenter, you can find everything from fresh produce to electronics all in one place.
  • supercenter store
  • supercenter grocery
  • Walmart supercenter

All of the waste from all of that time period could fit in one Walmart Supercenter.

Examples

  • I grew up in a small town with two Walmart distribution centers and one supercenter (in Arkansas, of course).

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  • The Fridley Walmart supercenter is open from 6 a.m. to midnight.

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  • You can find them at your local Walmart Supercenter.

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  • Walmart won, of course, and the city took our homes and our land and built a Walmart Supercenter.

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  • The company is so powerful that when a Walmart Supercenter comes into your community, the entire community's obesity rate increases.

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  • DNA paternity testing can be found locally at retail pharmacies and Walmart supercenters across the nation.

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  • In 2000, a small group of courageous meatcutters at a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Jacksonville, Texas, voted for representation by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW).

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  • I bought my groceries at the local supercenter, which also has a variety of household goods.

  • The new supercenter opened last month, and it offers a huge selection of items under one roof.

Synonyms

supermarket
vssupercenter
244 1.0

A large store where you buy food and household items

includes groceries but also offers a much wider range of non grocery goods
superstore
vssupercenter
13 2.3

A very large shop that sells food, clothes, and things for the home

places equal emphasis on groceries and many other departments
hypermarket
vssupercenter
1 3.8

A very large store that sells many things like food and clothes, often outside town

commonly found in many places not limited to outskirts

How Big

supercenter
  • US
3 3.4
supermarket
244 1.0

Surface Forms

supercenter singular
supercenters plural
supercentres plural
supercentre singular

Morphology

supercenter = super + center (transparent) = super + center

The meaning is a straightforward composition of 'super' (very/large) + 'center' (a retail place), yielding a very large retail store.

Etymology

The word supercenter starts with super- meaning 'above' or 'very' and ends with center meaning 'middle' or main place, much like supermarket. So a supercenter is a 'very central' store that brings groceries and many other products together 'under one roof'.